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Alexandra Hjerpe
Senior Rachael Tinker works on her novel with fellow writers, junior Tori Weber and senior Caleb Van Vooren, in Siverson Lounge.
RACING TO WRITE
WORDS
Augustana Writer's Guild participates
in National Novel Writing Month
Alexandra Hjerpe
Student writers will each work to write 50,000 words
over the month of November for iNalloWriMO:
SEPTEMBER SYMENS
srsymens 1 1 @ole.augie.edu
The phrase "NalloWriMo" may look like just a jumble of let-ters,
but to several Augustana students, this acronym perfectly
describes the month of November.
Short for National Novel Writing Month, NalloWriMo (or
Nallo) is described on its website, nanowrimo.org , as "a fun, seat-of-
your-pants approach to creative writing," where the ultimate
goal is to write 50,000 words by the end of November. Writers
sign up on the website, then write nonstop for a month in hopes
of "winning" Nallo (or reaching the desired word count).
This year, several Augustana students have accepted the liter-ary
challenge. The Writer's Guild is hosting write-ins in the Siver-son
Lounge Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:30 p.m. throughout the
month, which, according to junior Caleb Van Vooren, is "a great
way to bounce off ideas."
"It helps that there are people familiar with the story [besides]
See WRITING, page 9
JONI KRUEGER
NI[THE AUGUSTANA AVIAT8UDIJA H HT IRRORM051.5111\c„_
Friday, November 15, 2013 [augiemirror.com ] Vol. CII No. 7
Interim
shifts focus
to required
classes
MATT STOFFEL
mtstoffel 11 @ole.augie.edu
Campus bulletin boards, usu-ally
covered with UBG promotions,
study abroad opportunities and col-lege
event notices, have been joined
by posters advertising interim class-es.
Augustana's interim offers stu-dents
the opportunity to focus on a
single course throughout the month
of January.
In the
past, J-term
offerings
have allowed
students to
get a class
done quickly
or explore a
subject they
wouldn't nor-mally
take on
for an entire semester.
However, this year the adminis-tration
modified interim offerings to
give priority to requirement filling
courses.
"In the past we have struggled
with very low enrollments (0-10)
in pure elective offerings," registrar
Joni Krueger said. "If you are see-ing
fewer of these in the schedule
it is driven by student demand for
general education and major courses
instead of electives?'
For English department head Pat-rick
Hicks, the administrative deci-sion
marks "a seismic shift" in how
the interim has operated in the past
for the English department.
"I believe J-term is a really great
time to explore courses outside of
See INTERIM, page 9
Variety:
Q & A with the
Plain White T's
PAGE 7
Soapbox:
Speaking up
for introverts
PAGE 5
Cross-country
team heads
to nationals
PAGE 12
@augiemirror augustanamirroWgmail.corn augiemirror.com

Alexandra Hjerpe
Senior Rachael Tinker works on her novel with fellow writers, junior Tori Weber and senior Caleb Van Vooren, in Siverson Lounge.
RACING TO WRITE
WORDS
Augustana Writer's Guild participates
in National Novel Writing Month
Alexandra Hjerpe
Student writers will each work to write 50,000 words
over the month of November for iNalloWriMO:
SEPTEMBER SYMENS
srsymens 1 1 @ole.augie.edu
The phrase "NalloWriMo" may look like just a jumble of let-ters,
but to several Augustana students, this acronym perfectly
describes the month of November.
Short for National Novel Writing Month, NalloWriMo (or
Nallo) is described on its website, nanowrimo.org , as "a fun, seat-of-
your-pants approach to creative writing," where the ultimate
goal is to write 50,000 words by the end of November. Writers
sign up on the website, then write nonstop for a month in hopes
of "winning" Nallo (or reaching the desired word count).
This year, several Augustana students have accepted the liter-ary
challenge. The Writer's Guild is hosting write-ins in the Siver-son
Lounge Wednesdays and Fridays at 6:30 p.m. throughout the
month, which, according to junior Caleb Van Vooren, is "a great
way to bounce off ideas."
"It helps that there are people familiar with the story [besides]
See WRITING, page 9
JONI KRUEGER
NI[THE AUGUSTANA AVIAT8UDIJA H HT IRRORM051.5111\c„_
Friday, November 15, 2013 [augiemirror.com ] Vol. CII No. 7
Interim
shifts focus
to required
classes
MATT STOFFEL
mtstoffel 11 @ole.augie.edu
Campus bulletin boards, usu-ally
covered with UBG promotions,
study abroad opportunities and col-lege
event notices, have been joined
by posters advertising interim class-es.
Augustana's interim offers stu-dents
the opportunity to focus on a
single course throughout the month
of January.
In the
past, J-term
offerings
have allowed
students to
get a class
done quickly
or explore a
subject they
wouldn't nor-mally
take on
for an entire semester.
However, this year the adminis-tration
modified interim offerings to
give priority to requirement filling
courses.
"In the past we have struggled
with very low enrollments (0-10)
in pure elective offerings," registrar
Joni Krueger said. "If you are see-ing
fewer of these in the schedule
it is driven by student demand for
general education and major courses
instead of electives?'
For English department head Pat-rick
Hicks, the administrative deci-sion
marks "a seismic shift" in how
the interim has operated in the past
for the English department.
"I believe J-term is a really great
time to explore courses outside of
See INTERIM, page 9
Variety:
Q & A with the
Plain White T's
PAGE 7
Soapbox:
Speaking up
for introverts
PAGE 5
Cross-country
team heads
to nationals
PAGE 12
@augiemirror augustanamirroWgmail.corn augiemirror.com